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Hopefully, in a fairly short period of time. in total coordination with the white house counsel's office and the people who are representing the president and the senate. >> welcome back. quick senate trial with republicans acting with the white house. that's what mitch mcconnell and the white house seem to be hoping for, if and when the articles of impeachment reach the senate. a different time in politics, that coordination would have been a lot bigger deal than it is today. joining me now, carol lee. former advisor to jeb bush and john boehner. it is amazing we're all shrugging our shoulder...

For abuse of power and obstruction of congress. the house will act expeditiously. thank you. welcome to friday. it is "meet the press daily." and good evening. i'm chuck todd here in washington practice president trump is now on track to become just the third u.s. president to be officially impeached in the house of representatives. the house judiciary committee voted this morning along party lines to approve two articles of impeachment against the president. abuse of power and obstructing congress, as you just heard. these articles head to the full house where the full vote is expected on w...

>> yeah. >> his white house counsel seems to be preparing for a -- a -- in a way that prevents a senate trial. and now, watching mitch mcconnell, is it fair to say pat cipollone and mitch mcconnell are on the same page now? >> i wouldn't be so certain on that because they got to figure out the coordination of the timing. the president and mitch mcconnell are talking only about the calendar that the president isn't trying to unduly influence a juror, which is what leader mcconnell is. one, we saw them discard the argument that the president wouldn't be impeached. you know, a couple weeks ago, y...

Out supporting impeachment. so the floodgates might be opening. but republican sources have told me that they're very confident that republicans are going to stay united against impeachment. so what they're doing is they're turning their attention to some of these democrats who they think could flip. could side against impeachment. against the democrats and side with the republicans. and so they are working. they're doing the soft influence by having these subtle conversations on the house floor. and then, of course, there is the hard political influence, as well. there's millions of dollars o...

You know, it's narrow, in part, because the white house has denied information, access to witnesses, and documents to the house. it's fast, i think, because they realize that otherwise it's just too slow. i know that sounds a bit like an odd configuration. but it made sense to me given the constraints that are on the house. >> no. it -- it -- it does. i get where they're at. this is one of those things where i have a feeling after we're done with impeachment, we're going to learn more information that will have -- that will likely -- it will likely, perhaps, have people rethink the impeachment...